tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-775407527468125772.post1262091006800105651..comments2023-12-13T02:38:38.555-06:00Comments on Weedpicker's Journal:: Quercus and CuriosityWeedpicker Cherylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05529273252200443042noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-775407527468125772.post-81427727838561648932011-05-20T14:30:07.221-05:002011-05-20T14:30:07.221-05:00I share your uneasiness about identifying oaks. I...I share your uneasiness about identifying oaks. I remember an anecdotal account of E. Lucy Braun arguing that leaf characteristics were too variable to be useful in determining species. One of her colleagues disagreed, so she brought him a collection of leaves and asked him to sort them by species. After he had identified several distinct species, she informed him that she had collected all of the leaves from the same tree.Steve Willsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02098584432333519732noreply@blogger.com